Yep! You are correct. Too bad most people don't understand this.
Have you noticed how very very little discussion on this aspect of AIDS in Africa you see from the normally very bright and informed members of Free Republic? I don't understand it. AIDS is this country is real and is caused, I believe, by drug use and sexual promiscuity that results in a slow but sure destruction of the immune system. It is not caused by a single virus (i.e. HIV) and cannot be transferred by a single virus. There is no proof of that commonly held belief.
In Africa every disease is diagnosed as AIDS because that generates revenue and contributions (e.g. $15B from the U.S.) That doesn't mean that people aren't dying. They are and we can help. But not by giving them the chemotherapy drugs that are sure killers. We need to give them the medicines and access to the treatments that cure what they really have in addition to educating them on what it takes to avoid getting these diseases in the first place...and that is not always just sexual advice. Treating them with drugs for a made up disease called AIDS will not get the job done.
Politically - It was brillant for all the reasons given in earlier postings. Bush has undercut the DEMS. He is using our money wisely - to defeat Democrats. What better use for taxes is there than that.
Amen , Uncle Bob ! I think Chads been Had
on this topic, along with a few others here !
.....THUNDER......